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We were not idle
We were not idle
by Marjorie Dobson
Reading: We were not idle (could be used as a reading for three voices) Busy, busy, busy – always busy. Busy doing nothing. Watching, waiting, playing, anything to stop thinking. Busy chatting, gossiping, moaning, criticising, judging, always looking for the dull side of life, or…
Reflection on Joel 2:23-32
Reflection on Joel 2:23-32
by Michaela Youngson
Reflection on Joel 2: 23–32 Reflection in two voices. The prophet plays it straight – looking at the congregation, whilst our pessimistic friend is animated and keeps interrupting Joel as he tries to give his word from God. Pessimist Give me one reason to be cheerful! Just one, i…
Monologue: Peter sees the light!
Monologue: Peter sees the light!
by Marjorie Dobson
Drama Monologue: Peter sees the light! Last Sunday before Lent Matthew 17: 1 – 9 Mark 9: 2-9 Why did I open my big mouth? I do it all the time. I always have to say something – anything – and then as soon as I’ve spoken I know I’ve put my foot in it again! When will I ever lea…
The Friend at Midnight
The Friend at Midnight
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Seeing and Believing Bible Ref: Luke 10-13; John 9 & 10 Each of the following sketches (scenes) can be used to form the basis for a complete act of worship or used as individual scenes on separate occasions. Each scene will require a narrator to read the linking text as well as t…
Grand designs
Grand designs
by Paul Dowling
Drama based on a TV programme that retells the parable of the two housebuilders. This item will download as 07041005041479.doc Extract: 'GRAND DESIGNS' Cast: Presenter First housebuilder ('One') Second housebuilder ('Two') 2 housebuilders stand to R and L of dais respectively. Pr…
The Blacksmith
The Blacksmith
by David A. Campton
THE BLACKSMITH Good Friday - Easter Day Monologue Holiday-makers! Damned nuisance if you ask me! Every year it's the same Hardly any work for the ten months after Pentecost, then they all flock into Jerusalem for the Passover. And they all want a few wee jobs done when they're he…
Looking for Love
Looking for Love
by David A. Campton
Monologue: Looking for Love John 8: 1-11 (A woman, clearly pregnant) I suppose I was looking for love, but I got more than I bargained for. Everyone talks about love... But there’s precious little of it about. When I was a kid, my Mum and my Dad both called me “Love...” “Love, wo…
The Man Must Die
The Man Must Die
by David A. Campton
The Man Must Die Monologue based on Caiaphas Matthew 21: 12-16; 26: 1-5: Mark 11: 15-18; Luke 19: 45-48; John 2: 13-21; 18: 12- 14 The man must die. He is worse than that madman in the desert that Herod disposed of a few years ago. John the Baptizer... We breathed a sigh of relie…
The Narrow Road Show - The Aldridges
The Narrow Road Show - The Aldridges
by Roy Jackson
A young woman goes to her youth leader for help a revue sketch. THE ALDRIDGES MRS A IS CHECKING HER HAIR AND MAKE—UP PRIOR TO GOING TO THE HOUSE GROUP. THERE IS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. MRS A Sugar! (SHE OPENS THE DOOR AND SMILES) Hello. CAROL Sorry to bother you, Mrs Aldridge. MRS A…
The view from above
The view from above
by David Barker
A dialogue for 2 characters, who look down on the scene in Jerusalem on Good Friday and comment on the events unfolding before them. The view from above Two characters are sitting high up, maybe on a trestle or on step-ladders, looking down, swinging their legs …. 1 This is great…
On the move
On the move
by Marjorie Dobson
2nd Sunday in Lent Genesis 12: 1 – 4a Drama Monologue: On the move I see they’re off again! That couple next door. Some families always seem to be on the move, don’t they? Of course they’re not really from round here anyway. They’re foreigners. Been here a long time mind, but the…
Open with God Book - Drama
Open with God Book - Drama
by Christine Odell
DRAMA Prayers for Various Occasions Reading Job 38.1-11 or another dramatic reading Creator God, we worship and praise you for speaking into being such a dramatic world: full of noise – thunder crashing and waves roaring; full of light – the flash of lightning and reflections of …
The parable of the sower – Peter’s defence
The parable of the sower – Peter’s defence
by Marjorie Dobson
Monologue: The parable of the sower – Peter’s defence Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23 It’s all very well for you to laugh at us disciples, but would you have been any better at understanding if you were hearing one of the tales he told for the very first time…
Dialogue/Drama: Goody two shoes!